Device for cutting up fetal and like objects in animals



CPI

Patented June 23, 1925.

UNlTED STATES PATENT o FIcE.

JEIJS PETER NIELSEN THYGESEN, ANDERS THEODOR- SQlRENSEN, AND NIELS PETER sonnnsnn, 0F LANGAA, DENM'ARK.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING UP FETAL AND LIKE OBJECTS IN ANIMALS.

Application filed July 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Jnns Pn'rnr. NIELSEN Trrronsnx and Annnas Tnnonon SRENSEN and NIELS PETER Syfinnnsnn, subjects of the King oi Denmark, residing at Langaa, Denmark, have invented a device for Cutting Up Fetal and like Objects in Animals, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for cutting up fetal and like objects in animals and consists in the provision of a saw in the shape of a flexible cord guided in a tube or tubes at one end of which it forms a loop wherewith to embrace and cut the object against the end of the guide.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 represents a side-view of the ap pliance, partly in section,

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same, at right angles to Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line AB of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4:, a view showing the construction of the flexible saw, and

Figs. 5 and 6, views showing modifications of the guide tube.

The device consists of a flexible saw 0 and a guide which may be composed of two interconnected tubes (L and b at one end of which the saw forms a loop p. The tube ends from which the loop projects are formed with thick beads a, d, so that neatly rounded surfaces are produced all around the orifices e, f, the tubes being preferably connected by welding the beads 0, d together. The opposite ends of the tubes terminate in two interconnected sleeves g, h which are also rounded oii to reduce friction with the saw. A handle z is secured to the cross-piece which connects the sleeves g, it. Two clamps j and Z: are adjustable on the tubes to which they can be secured by screws Z and m respectively for steadying the tubes relative to one another. The clamp is formed with a pointed hook n. The saw has a spherical head q at each end and is passed through operating-handles '2" which are secured to the saw by means or" clamp screws 27. A crosswill act abrasively when rubbed across a hard object.

In the use of the appliance, the loop 7) is passed round the object to be severed for which purpose the saw cord 0 may be removed from the guide tubes if necessary. Then, with the cord 0 held in the guide, the object is attracted to the mouth-piece and, while the appliance is held by the handle 71, the saw-cord is reciprocated by means of the handles 1" until it has worked its way through the object.

As the object is held firmly against the mouth-piece of the guide tubes, the internal organs of the animal will not be subjected to any strain and they will also be protected by the tubes from contact with the saw. This is the case whether the loop 79 works in the same plane as the tubes or at an angle to the same. In some cases an object may have to be out which can be arranged parallel with the tubes. Such object, for instance a leg, is then attached to the hook n, the clamp j being adjusted on the tubes and fixed in a suitable position.

Instead of the two tubes a, b a single tube so may be employed, as shown in Fig. 6, the separate passages e, f for the saw being formed by a bridge-piece y spanning the single orifice.

The tube or tubes may be composed of telescopically connected parts so that the length of the appliance can be varied according to requirements. The guide tubes may be composed of parts connected by means of flexible joints, for instance coil springs a, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the mouthpiece can bend in the direction in which the loop p works.

The handle i may be connected to the clamp Z2.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention 100p adjacent the enlarged end and having 10 and in What manner the same 1s to be peradjustable handles at each end of said cord. formed, we claim i v E A surglcal dev1ce comprlslng two gu1de l igf sgg gkiiigg tubes 1 nteg1'ally connected at then ends and ANDERS THEODOR SQRENSEN. havmg an enlarged portlon at one end; cross I pieces connecting said tubes; a handle on Htnesses: the other end of said tubes; and a saw 001d M. E. BRONDUM, carried in said guide tubes and forming a E. GLASER. 

